- Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD)
Fawwaz Ridwan Shaw, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
About me
- Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
My education and training
- Residency: University of Washington School of Medicine
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Shaw is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.
Qualifications and experience
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery, National
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery, National
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery-Congenital, National
- American Muslim Medical Student Association, National
- Georgia State University-Premedical Mentorship and Clinical Program, Local
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, International
- Pediatric Heart Transplant Society, National
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons, National
- The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, International
- The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, International
- Thoracic Surgical Directors Association, National
- United Network for Organ Sharing, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Mills MF, John MM, McKiernan M, Chanani N, Horan V, Rosenblum JM, Shaw FR, Nayi P, Zinyandu T, Chai PJ, Shashidharan S Primary Sternal Closure After the Norwood Procedure. , World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg: 2026,177-184
Suthar D, Yang Y, Beshish A, Knight J, Song X, Thomas A, Hao H, Shaw F, Jenkins K, Jacobs J, Oster M, Alonso A, Huang Y, Raghuveer G, Hiremath G, Marino B, Wright L, Deshpande S, John A, Gaitonde M, Alsoufi B, Overman DM, Canter C, St. Louis J, Devanagondi R, McHugh K, Kochilas L. Association of pre-Fontan hemodynamics with long term outcomes after Fontan palliation: A study from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium. , Circulation: 2026,382-395
O'Meara D, Butto A, Kuo JA, Shaw F, Sachdeva R, Taylor S, Hashemi S, Wilson HC. Aortic dissection after heart transplantation for early Fontan failure: A rare complication , J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr, 19(6): 2025,820-822
John MM, Shyam A, Rosenblum JM, Shaw FR, Shashidharan S, Chai PJ Branch pulmonary artery re-interventions in truncus arteriosus , Ann Thoracic Surg: 2025
McKiernan MA, John MM, Rosenblum JM, Nayi P, Shaw FR, Shashidharan S, Beshish AG, Kuo JA, Shyam A, Chai PJ. Surgical Reinterventions After Primary vs Staged Yasui Operation , Ann Thorac Surg, 120(3): 2025,494-501
Mills MF, John MM, McKiernan M, Chanani N, Horan V, Rosenblum JM, Shaw FR, Nayi P, Zinyandu T, Chai PJ, Shashidharan S. Routine Primary Sternal Closure After the Norwood Procedure , World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg: 2025
John MM, Nayi P, Rosenblum J, Shashidharan S, Chai P, Shaw F. En-Bloc Versus Bilateral Sequential Technique for Pediatric Lung Transplantation , Pediatr Transplant, 29(5): 2025,e70139
John MM, Nayi P, Rosenblum J, Butto A, Shashidharan S, Chai P, Shaw F. Sex-Based Disparities in Heart Transplantation in Teenagers , Pediatr Transplant, 29(3): 2025,e70064
Keri Janton After 98 days in hospital, a new heart saves 9-year-old Georgia girl’s life , Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspaper: 2025
John MM, Maher KO, Adamson M, Menon A, Qian J, Brady M, Golloshi K, Cote O, Gathoo A, Mohnalkar E, Zinyandu T, Shaw FR, Deshpande SR, Beshish AG. Contemporary Outcomes for Superior Cavopulmonary Connection in Single Ventricle Palliation: Is There Room for Improvement? , Pediatr Cardiol: 2025